The
beginner in Christian Science sometimes encounters a sense of bewilderment when trying to adjust his new view of things to the conditions that still largely make up his environment.
One
is often sorely tempted to accept the evidence of the senses when after a clear declaration of the truth of being one's problem seems no nearer a right solution; yet it is only by sustained confidence in the certain and scientific action of Truth that the answer is perceived.
Whether The Christian Science Monitor has lost much of its former excellence since the entrance of this country into the war, as The Miami Metropolis has asserted, must be a matter of individual opinion, yet the further comment that The Christian Science Monitor has become a British newspaper can hardly be true, unless there is a substantial disagreement between the United States and the United Kingdom with regard to the war.
We
are all familiar with the thought of temples as expressed in human experience past and present, although we perhaps have not often paused to realize that a temple points to something above and beyond the material structure; that rightly understood it symbolizes a spiritual idea which is imperfectly understood if recognized at all by mankind.
To
rejoice in the scientifically Christian conviction that there is but one cause, and that God, good, is that cause, is to possess the scepter of spiritual dominion which destroys sorrow, sickness, and sin.
In order to be better prepared to give spiritual help in the Army and Navy through Christian Science literature and in other ways, it is desired to secure the names and present complete mail address of all officers and enlisted men in the service of the United States and of its allies who are Christian Scientists or who have shown an interest in Christian Science.
with contributions from Walter Alvey, Guy Gaylor Clark, C. C. Smith, G. Roy Eastman, A. H. Richardson, Charles W. Swift, Skipwith W. Adams, Elizabeth Esgen, F. W. Frevert
The lines I am penning to-day are the grateful testimony of one whose life has been transformed by Christian Science, and to whom a new concept of God has been revealed.
The testimonies of benefits received through the teachings of Christian Science, as they appear in the Sentinel and the Journal, become more and more a rebuke to me, because I have so long withheld my own.
When I began to think about religion and the teachings of the established churches, I drifted away from church and religion and for many years was what is known as an agnostic.
My heart is full of gratitude; and I am moved by a sense of deep love to God in giving this testimony of the many blessings and benefits received through Christian Science at a time when I was experiencing untold misery.
More than twenty years ago Christian Science healed me of an affection of the head and spine of such an extreme nature that one physician had told me if I did not have an operation I would probably lose my mind.
When I think of the blessings I have received through Christian Science, I feel impelled to give my testimony as the best way to express my gratitude and by so doing help some one else.
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with contributions from Walter Alvey, Guy Gaylor Clark, C. C. Smith, G. Roy Eastman, A. H. Richardson, Charles W. Swift, Skipwith W. Adams, Elizabeth Esgen, F. W. Frevert